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HEADLESS HORSEMAN.
Bullets and Such Have no Eject
Z Upon Him.
Eighty workmen Driven Out by . KnlgAt.
~ Apparitlon In the Mountains.

WHEELING, W. VA, Jan. For some
time stories have been in circulation con-
tanning supposed ghost which haunts
lumber camp ON Cheat river, IN Tucker
County, this .State, but like all ghost
stories theys.e- 0sd only smiles. Recently,
however, the entire force of choppers and
laborers at the camp left in body and
drew their pay, refusing to return TO
work. There were over eighty employees,
and colored cook was the first to
leave. He swore that one morning be-
fore daylight, when he was cooking break
fast, headless horscman, with gigantic
axe on his shoulder, fed through the
woods making no noise. The men ridi-
culed him. In a few days party Of
choppers reported seeing the same phe-
nomenon, and later it appeared repeatedly,
both at night and in the day. The men
were employed by Henry g. Davis 4 Bro,
Of Keyser. Men sent out by the firm say
they can not account for the thing. Shots
fred at it have no effect. The supersti-
tious fright Of the men has spread far and
wide, and this weeks Pioneer, of st.
George, whose editor visited the camp,
gives the story in detail, and says any wis.,
itcr can satisfy himself by sight and hear :
ing, as the apparition makes peculiar
whining noise rs 1t glides through the for
est. Men have tried in vain to employ new
workmen to take the places Of those who
fad
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PRINTERS PI.


A Temperance Editors Printing once
Completely Wrecked.
OPELIKA, ALA, Jan. Major B. K. Kei-
ser, editor Of the Times Of this city, on 60
ing into his Office yesterday morning, found
the gear wheel Of his Campbell press
smashed to pieces, and the type all in "pi."
He found tho following letter:
"AT THE CLUB, Jan. 8. 1887.
"BEN. X. KKIsER, Reproductions conduct
toward tho honest and decent people Of this
town has become unendurable and, as you are
hedged about with class Of supporters that is
as low and debated as you are, there is no
chance to bring you to justice. Therefore I am
ordered by the club to notify you to leave this
town and county within ten days. or abide tho
consequences. c. PRATT, Secretary"
This is an outbreak Of the lawless spirit
which has prevailed since 1879, when cer-
tain parties secured licenses to sell liquor.
Major Keiser in his paper has waged a re-
lentless war upon the liquor dealers, and it
is for this reason that he has been warned
to leave the town.
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TOSSO HAS PASSED AWAY.

The Celebrated Author of the "Arl<snsnw
Traveller" and violinist Travels Into the
Unknown Land.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 6.-Prof. Joseph Tosso,
for half century one Of the familiar per-
sonages Of Cincinnati and vicinity, died at
his home in Covington, at 7:80 o'clock this
morning. The deceased was known
throughout the whole world as the COM
poser Of 1.-THE Arkansas Traveller" Prof.
Tosso was born in Italy eighty-five years
ago, came to Mexico with his parents when
child, played the violin in their concerts,
and was regarded % prodigy. His skill
as violinist was remarkable and he had
national reputation. He was q generous,
happy hearted, whole souled gentleman,
and thousands will learn with sorrow of
his DEATH
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THE WRECKED SHIP.

All Her Crew, Twenty-Five rim Numbsf,
Known to Have Perlshed-Dead Bolies
washed Ashore. q
NoRFoLK, Va, Jan. 9.-Later particulars
from the wreck of the German ship Elix-
abeth, which went ashore yesterday morn
ing on Virginia Beach, fourteen miles
south Of Cape Henry, put the number
Of the crew at twenty-five instead Of
fifteen, not man Of whom was saved.
This fact 10 learned from the two
men Of the ife-saving crew who sur
vive and who recovered consciousness to-
day. The bodies of the fve men Of the
life-saving crew and four Of the ships crew
which were recovered yesterday were In
life-preservers, and three more Of the
ships crew, without life-preservers, were
picked up lower down the coast this MORN
ing. A body which has been identified
rs that Of the captain is among those
recovered. On his person was
photograph marked Captain +.
Halberstadt" and letters addressed to
Henry Kaulkmann, and several bills from
Joseph Lamke Il Co., Bremerhaven. This
evening the masts of the ship were still
standing, though the sea was breaking
over her violently. Superintendent Poy-
ner, Of the Life-Saving Service, will board
her in the morning il possible. As re.
ported last night, not word was spoken
among the ships crew and tho
life-saving men when they boarded
her in their desperate attempt
ut rescue, and the cause Of the wreck can
not be positively known, although it 10 sup
posed that in attempting to make the
Capes Of Virginia under reefed sails, SUM-
cient allowance was not made for the
strong currents, which have caused sew
eral disastrous wrecks along the lower
Virginia and North Carolina coast during
the last few years.
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New York, Jan. San uninviting- look
ing frame house, on Butler street. Brook
lyn, was rented two years ago by James
Mauri, who keeps drug store on Hicks
street. He has wife and seven children,
for whom he has always done his best, but
never prospered. Tonight, lying on an
improvised bed in tho front room at his
residence, he is in convulsions, and when
at intervals he has command of his voice,
he speaks with pain and begs those near
him to kill him. He does not know It, but
since he was taken down yesterday, three
of his children have died. This wholesale
sickness began last Thursday, when
his eldest child, q boy Of thirteen,
went to visit an aunt, and two hours after
ward complained Of cramps and began
vomiting and bleeding at the nose. Too
i'll to be removed, he died yesterday at his
aunt's residence, and his death was Q mys-
terry to the physicians who were called In.
Mrs. Mauri, who alone Of the entire fam
lily has not been affected, says that on Sun
day morning last at four o'clock she was
awakened by the cries Of the four chill
dren, who seemed to be suffering excru-
tiating pains. The children were Mar
garet, Emanuel, Eugene, twenty
months, Carrie, four years; Alice,
six years; John, eight years, and
Arthur, ten years. Physicians were called,
but they seemed unable either to diagnose
the cases or successfully treat them. At
one O'Clock this morning baby Eugene died
in violent commissions. Before he expired
he vomited blood, and seemed to be con-
sumed with thirst This afternoon Marga-
ret died, and tonight the belief is ex-
pressed that there will not be one survivor
save Mrs. Mauri. Now comes the strangest
part Of this very strange case. On Mon
day the father, Joseph Mauri, went
home ut six o'clock, and very soon after
supper he complained Of feeling unwell.
He went to his store yesterday, but this
morning was unable to leave his bed.
Before daylight he began to vomit and to
cry out for cold drinks, especially milk.
At noon he was seen by q reporter. He
was tossing from side to side, and talked
as one in delirium. ~ am burning in
side," he said frequently, and seemed
to be afraid that he was about to be taken
from his home. His wife, o stout, ferid-
faced woman, talked quite unconcern-
edly about the terrible blow which had fal-
len upon the household, and said that she
had no idea what had led to the calamity.
An autopsy on the dead will be held to-
morrow, before which time there may be
new subjects for the surgeons knife.
Physicians will not express an opinion as
to the cause, but any criminal reporter Of
experience will say at once that the out
ward symptoms are those Of arsenical
potoppipr
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NATURAL GAS

Loss Of Life anA Great Destruction Of Prop.
erty by an Explosion st Youngstown. o.
YouNasfowN, o., Jan. 6.-An explosion
of natural gas this morning resulted in loss
Of life and large destruction of property.
Plumbers were at work completing the
Andrews Block and keeping fire under q
boiler in the basement to furnish steam
heat for the building. Shortly before three
o'clock John Semple raised window in
the basement, when an explosion
occurred, followed by second and
third, that blew him through
q closed door, splitting it in two and hurl-
ing him against stone wall His clothes
were blazing, which he extinguished BY
rolling in the snow. Thomas Branigan,
plumber, who had been on duty until mid
night, and then went to sleep near the
boiler, was suffocated, and his body liter
ally roasted by the fierce flames. 1t is sup
posed the natural gas leaked from street
mains into the building, and that Sem
pie opening the window the draught
sent it to the boiler fire, resulting in
the explosion. The entire block was de-
stroyed. The Baptist Church, livery stable
Of James B. Drake, residence OF Joseph
Barclay, the Fowler cottage, were all Dr.
stroyed, and the Tod House and several
other buildings badly damaged. The body
Of Branigan was recovered in the debris
late this afternoon. Semple, who is o
member Of the plumbing Arm Of w.
q. Scholl & Company, is in the hos
pital, with face and hands badly
burned. The losses are rs follows: G.
H. Andrews, $4,000; Mayer Bros, ST., 200;
First Baptist church, $4,000; J. b. Shields,
5000; James B. Drake, 5000; Knights Of
Pythiss, sa,5OO; Fowler estate, $1,000; Mrs.
Barclay, s1,OOO; other losses, 5000. Tho
insurance is fifty per cent. of the loss, ex-
cept the Andrews block, which had only
$4,000, and J. H. Shields, who had no in.
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cirI.' co.ouer,tIve ExperIment

CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-The Girls Cooperative
Clothing Manufaotory, which was inoorpo-
rated two weeks ago, began operations TO-
day at No. 145 Ontario street. A large
room has been fitted up with sbout thirty
sewing machines, and sixty girls who have
heretofore worked for others are now
banded together to work for themselves.
They will each draw moderate wages
weekly, and the amount Of work done by
each will be kept account Of and . dividend
declared accordingly ct the end Of the year.
This 10 the first experiment OF tho kind
tried in this country, and the women, who
are all Knights Of Labor, are very hopeful
about their enterprise.
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A TEAM of fne carriage horses, valued at
81 900, belonging to Charles Merits, Of Ra-
VIENNA, were struck by the express on the
G. and p. railroad, killing one horse in
stantly and badly injuring the other. Ed
Elliott, the driver, narrowly escaped with
his life.
AT Perry, Lake County, Madison Veirs,
an old and prominent farmer, was killed.
by vicious horse. The old gentleman was
passing through his stable when the animal
kicked, throwing him down and them
tramped on his prostrste form, horribly
mutilsting his body.
CHIRR OF POLICE WALKRR, Of Springfield,
Phil. Deitsch, Of Cincinnati,a O series Of pic
this part Of the country, the whole form
ing quite complete rogues' gallery for
Ohio and adjacent States.
FouRrxES letter pouches and large
quantity Of papers were burned In ths
Thin railroad wreck.
WHILE Christian Settler, Of New Thila-
delphia, was unloading Q four-horse load
Of coal for the iron works, . train on the
c., L. and w. road backed in ON him, de-
moAshing his wagon and hurling his horses
onto pile Of hot cinders. One Of the
horses will die and the other three are
ruined.
TIE Salvation Army has abandoned
work In Wooster.
The Secretary Of the Treasury appointed
WYATT Caskett, vt Lynchburg, store
keeper in the Sixth Ohio Internal Revenue
District.
Ssvsx hundred and sixty-fve leading
Cincinnati manufacturers report an imI
provement in business last year.
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The Cold Snap Snappeih.

BISMARCK, OAK, Jan. The thermome-
ter last night registered thirty-seven de-
grees below zero.
MARsHALLTowN, Ia, Jan. 7.-Weather
last night was clear, the thermometer
registering thirty-hve degrees below zero.
Toward morning it clouded up and became
milder. 1t was twenty degrees below
at 8 o'clock and eighteen below ut Q O'Clock.
LAFAYETTE, IND, Jan. 7.-Thermometer
at 8 q. m. 80 degrees below zero; at G
o'clock 30 degrees below.
AIrKIN, MINI, Jan. THE thermometer
stood at sixty degrees below zero this
morning.
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FOND OF DISCUSSION.

A Baltimorean Leaves Thirty-Five Thou
sand Dollars for the Support of Debating
Societies.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Jan. o. Humphrey
Moore, who died here the other day, left
5000 to build and support an institution
for the debating societies Of Baltimore.
Mr.. Moore was fond Of public discussion.
He believed in settling disputes by discus
sions, and often declared that he thought
no young man educated who could
not make good extemporaneous
speech. That clause in the will referring
to the institute says that he desires 1t
established for open discussions in the in
terests of morality, patriotism, intelligence
and political science. Mr.. Moore, when he
came to Baltimore in 1874, opened an old
curiosity shop, where he kept all sorts Of
literature oddities that could not be found
elsewhere. Geo. W. Childs, the Philadel-
phia editor and philanthropist, was, when
lad, a clerk in his store. The money he
made in books he invested in stocks, and
after making over 5000 he retired.
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Closed on Sunday.

WILKEsBARRB, Pa, Jan. o.-The journey
men BARRIERS of this city recently formed
an organization for the purpose Of enforc-
ing the closing Of all barber shops here on
Sunday. They notified all the proprietors
in the city that ON and after to-day, any
persons who kept their places open would
be prosecuted. Out of the thirty-eight
shops here thirty-six were closed to-day.
The proprietors Of the other two will be
arrested tomorrow.
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Political.

Sr. PAUL, MINI, Jan. 6.-The Republican
joint caucus on United States Senator to-
night nominated ON the first ballot ex-Gov-
ernor Cushman K. Davis. This secures
the election of Davis on the 18th inst.
LANSING, MICH, Jan. 6.--The Republican
Legislative caucus tonight nominated
Francis B. Stockbridge, Of Kalamazoo, for
United States Senator ON the tenth ballot
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 8.-The Democratic mem
bers of the State Legislature In caucus to-
night at Jefferson City nominated F. II.
Cockrell for reelection to the United States
Senate y ul .'.
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rbrilino Experience Of a ysuus sk,s,,.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. 5.-John Grigsby,
o nineteen-year-old boy, went skating with
q party Of friends on the Ohio about twen-
ty-ive miles above Louisville yesterday.
He went out too far and the ice broke,
carrying him away on huge cake. He
called to his companions to save him, but
the ice was grinding and surging so that
no skin could reach him. The news was
carried to his father who mounted horse
and followed the boy twenty three miles
down the river. He finally got two fisher
men to row out and rescue his son, who
was nearly dead from cold and fright. His
escape was almost miraculous, as the river
was full Of broken ice. ...#
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"A bottle Of catchup exploded on
the breakfast table Of . Michigan citi-
zen the other morning. 1t was only q
few days ago that an ostrich egg burst
its boiler. Dynamite and giant pow
der are not going to have all the fun to
themselves. But it is becoming serious
when man isn't secure from blow.
ing up even in his own household -
Boston 1rdnscript.
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HA1GHT TELLS HIS STORY.
He Instigated the Robbory-Fotheringh
In Innocent.


ST. LOUIS, Jan. 5.-W. w. Haight, one Of
Wittrock's accomplices in the train rob
berry, has furnished the local papers Q
written statement of his connection with
the affair. He says therein that poverty
and his inability to obtain employment
forced him to devise some means whereby
he might provide his wife and child with
the necessities Of life. To do this he
planned the robbery and approached Witt
rock with the scheme. Wittrock became
enthusiastic over it, and thereafter took
the affair into his own hands, and he
(Haight) heard nothing more Of him until
he read an account of the robbery in the
papers. Soon after that Wittrock sent
him 8, 900 by Oscar Cook, and summoned
him to Lesvenworth. There Wittrock
gave him $4,000 more. He says it was he
who forged Mr.. Damsel's signature to the
pass which was presented to Fothering-
ham, and had the Adams Express letter
heads and envelopes printed. Fothering-
ham, he asserts, is absolutely innocent Of
each and every charge brought against
him.
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A LITTLE, squatty man with gray hair

A LITTLE, squatty man with gray hair
was sitting In the corner of q crowded Chi
csgo street-car Sunday night. At South
Water street cOmely girl entered the ve-
hicle. Not one Of the dozen male passen-
gers offered to give her seat. She stood
like stork until the bridge was passed,
and then she ricocheted her way to the
corner where the little, squatty man was
sitting, and threw herself sQuarely upon
his lap. Here she sat quite contentedly
until Dawson street was reached, when
she signaled the conductor to stop the car.
As she rose to take her leave she turned to
the little, squatty man and said: "l've en-
joyed my ride very much. I hope have
not made you tired" "Not In the least"
replied the old man, as he doffed his beaver.
''I'll be in the same place next Sunday
night" ....
JOHN CANIFIELD, the man who cut OF the
rim of Gainsborough hat which o woman
in front of him at one Of the Chicago thea
ters persisted in wearing, had to pay Is for
his fun.
GEORGE W. CnILps, of the Philadelphia
Ledger, has an income of $780, 600 year.
WHEN Senator Stanford goes to Wash.
ington o. rhe beginning of q session he de-
posits $4,000 at local bank and he and
his wife check against it. If any thing re-
mains at the end Of the session, which hap
pens rarely, it is left as nest egg for the
next years. expenses.
PIERRE LORILLARp's toboggan slide at
Tuxedo is exactly one mile long, and the
descent il frequently made in just one min
ute Of time. tl
CASHIERS now use skates in crossing the
st. Lawrence
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A Bio Blast.

EAsroN, Pa, Jan. 9.-The largest blast
ever fred in this section was touched OF
by Superintendent Firmstone, Of the Glen
don Iron Company, yesterday. It consist
cd Of n, 800 pounds Of powder, distributed
in Ave chambers, each fifty feet apart and
fifty feet back from the face Of the quarry.
The whole hillside, 16O feet high, was
blown out, and about two hundred thou
sand tons Of atone looseued.
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counssris,.sr white Sentenced.

sT. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 6.-Judge Treat TO-
lay, in the U. 8. District Court, sentenced
Joseph H. White, of Waco, Texas, who has
'een in Jail here since August, 1885, on .
iharge preferred by the U. 8. Government,
Of counterfeiting Brazilian treasury notes,
to three years in the penitentisry. His
brother, Lucien White, who turned States
evidence, and who has also been in jail
here, will be released.
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-Four Rows Cjbheted.

= SIDNEY, N. s. w., Jan. -Four of the
youths condemned to death recently for
an outrageous assault upon . servant girl,
were hanged here yesterday. Two others
who were to have been executed yester-
day were reprieved. The ages Of those
hanged ranged from sixteen to twenty
years.
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Thurman Falls Sanselass.

COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 7.-While the festivi-
ties of the Jackson Club banquet were in
progress tonight q sensation was created
when ex-senator Allen G. Thurman sud-
denly reeled and fell in stupor from his
chair at the table. Instantly all was excite
ment, for to all he seemed lifeless. He
was carried to carriage and taken to his
residence, where he revived somewhat. It
is not known what the result will be. Mr..
Thurman has been suffering for week or
moro from pneumonia.
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woman Arrested 10, llI.a.a vo.ina.

ELxIRA, N. Y, Jan. Mrs. Lucy Sweet
Barber, Of Alfred, Allegheny County, who
gained SO much notoriety by voting at the
November election, has been arrested by
the United States marshal, and held for
examination ON Monday next Mrs. Bar
Der voted the full ticket for Congressman
and other candidates.
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Killed Nj, Child by c,rsis,sus.,.

NEW YoRK, Jan. 9.-While John Hall
strum, aged thirty-two, was examining q
pistol at his residence, No. 50 Ssckett
street, Brooklyn, this evening, the weapon
was accidentally discharged. The bullet
passed through the foreHnger Of Hall
strum's right hand and entered the left
eye Of his six-year-old daughter, Mary Ann,
killing her instantly. Hallstrum was ar
rested and locked up
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The Horrible HydrephebIa.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. 7.-On the 81st of
last month three-year-old daughter of
Mr.. John D. Dougherty, farmer living
near Dexter Mills, Butler County, KY,
was bitten ON the wrist by poodle dog.
On Tuesday hydrophobia commenced to
develop, and to-day the child is suffering
intensely, with no hopes for recovery.
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PRACTICAL, SURE ENOUGH.

A joke which Resulted In . Poor Girl
Getting Rich Husband.
TOLEDO, O., Jan. 6.-About q year ago q
romantic story was published Of on Irish
emigrant girl, named Annie O'Connor,
who was working at q hotel here, receiv.
ing letter from England, stating that she
was an heiress to vast estates. The story
turned out afterward to have been prac-
tical joke on the girl, but she was deluged
with letters Of marriage from oil over the
country. Among the letters was one re-
ceived from James O'Keefe, a wealthy res
ident of Pittsburgh, which resulted in
correspondence, and about ten days ago in
meeting. To-day information is received
from Pittsburgh that the couple were mar
ried there yesterday.
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Boiled In q Mash.Tub.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan, 7.-John Taylor, an
employe Of Rolph's vinegar works, this
city. fell into mash-tub at that place, this
morning, and was SO badly scalded that he
standing on q board extended across the
top of the tub, when his foot slipped. The
temperature of the mash was about ITO
degrees, and before he could be extricated
the flesh on some portions Of his body was
literally cooked, and fell OF in great flakes.
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casila (aardan siaiisiies.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.|ohn z. Moore, tho
landing agent at Castle Garden, has COM
pleted his report of the arrivals Of pas
sengers on the various steamship lines
last year. There was q total Of 3OO,918
steera 60 and 6s,742 cabin passengers, IN
increase Of 19,74S steersge and Il, 5ss cabin
passengers over 1885.
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1ripIe Suicide,

RoxE, Jan. 9.-Aathilde MarL eighteen
years Of age, and Miss Romaxo, aged six
teen, Polish art students, were found suf-
focated on q bed in hotel in this city to-
day. On the floor lay the dead body of .
man. Letters addressed to relatives were
found which indicated that all three COM
mitted suicide.